Retreat from Moscow - 25mm Marshal Murat, The King of Naples.

 

From the 29th Bulletin of the Grande Armee 1812

Our cavalry was dismounted to such a degree, that it was necessary to collect the officers who had still a horse remaining, in order to form four companies of 150 men each. The Generals there performed the functions of captains, and the colonels of subalterns. This sacred squadron, commanded by General Grouchy, and under the orders of the King of Naples, did not lose sight of the Emperor in all these movements

I painted up the Sacred Squadron back in March, here, but I wanted the chap giving General Grouchy his orders, so the search was on for a suitable Marshal Murat, the King of Naples.

There are plenty of pictures on the internet showing Murat in a multitude of different coloured and flamboyant uniforms, such as the pic above, which I based my figure on.

The figure comes from the excellent range of French Napoleonic Commanders from Gringo 40's, the figure represents Murat in 1807 during the Battle of Eylau, click here.

As Eylau was fought in the winter, it seemed the best fit, and I'm sure you'll agree kinda matches the reference  picture above. Now as their name suggests Gringo 40's, they are a tad on the large side, but as he's all on his own when based up, I don't think it makes a lot of difference.

He can of course be used as a General figure anytime during a game, not just for the Sacred Squadron.

My Salute Loot 2024

 

Salute is well and truly over for another year and what a great show it was, thanks again to The Warlords and everyone involved in making the show a great experience.

So great infact, that my wallet was attacked by a bit of a spending spree, at the time I didn't think I bought too much, BUT now when I look at it..........well I'll let the pics do the talking.

My first purchase of the day wasn't planned at all, walking around I found Battlefield Accessories. Its not any wonder I'd not heard about them before as they're from Australia! The 3 buildings are made from MDF and were a fair price , between £16 and £24 each.

Next we have a set of rules BelloLudi, this time from the Netherlands!

I bought the complete set of rules, dice and cards. I saw these advertised somewhere recently, can't remember where? 

A pre order from those wonderful chaps at Warbases

Including some of their 2mm Strength & Honour figures.

Yes I'm going to do another 2mm period, even though I've not finished the last one and not had a game with the figures yet.

I phoned Casting Rooms Miniatures a few weeks ago, I wanted them to bring a few packs with them to the show so I could see how big or small they are, basically will they fit in with Trent Miniatures. For my Haitian Revolution game I plan to put on at Broadside Wargame Show in June, I need some Creole/Mulatto figures, so thought these might work. But the one thing I forgot to bring with me was a Trent mini so I had to guess, (never a good idea?) I picked out a few packs, but in the end just bought the bloody lot!!

Foudry Pirates...............no actually they're more Creole/Mulatto troops. I really only needed around 18 figures, I've now got a whole bloody army of them! Why do I do this to myself?

Re-designed Vallejo paints!

A little pressie from Steve at General Reeve blog

A sprue of French Napoleonics, these should come in handy, cheers Steve! 

What a great hobby community we have.

By the time I got to Debris of War, they'd sold out of a building I wanted!! No problem though, I've arranged to pick one up at Broadside in June.

A pack of French Revolutionary figures, Paris Mob from Eureka,  and my first ever purchase from 

Gringo 40's General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, he will make a perfect Haitian General.

Last but not least Basic Impetus rules along with Warbook 4.

It's all Jonathan Freitag's fault!

And that's the end of my Salute Loot!